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Diplomats are working with the Pakistani authorities to secure his release.

Cox was in court Tuesday on anti-terrorism charges, restricting the possession of unauthorized weapons or ammunition on commercial flights.

The Washington Post reported that the judge ordered he be detained until at least Saturday so Pakistani officials can investigate.

The arrest was news across Pakistan,
with one television station broadcasting footage of him in a jail cell
in the country's largest city, Karachi.

A
former FBI agent with experience in Pakistan who spoke with reporters
on condition of anonymity said that while agents are allowed to carry
weapons there they are not allowed to bring them on civilian aircraft.

U.S. officials said Cox was unarmed and had simply forgotten about the loaded magazine in his bag.

Rao Anwar believes the case should go to trial.

He called it a matter of 'upholding Pakistan's dignity and honor. (Cox) acted illegally and his arrest is perfectly legal.'

While U.S. officials insist it is legal for FBI agents to carry arms on planes when authorized, Pakistani authorities called a trial a matte of upholding the country's 'dignity and honor'

Multiple Americans have been detained in Pakistan in recent years with charges causing tension between the two countries.

In the most well known case, a CIA contractor was held close to two months in 2011 in connection to the deaths of two men in Lahore.

The agent, Raymond A. Davis, then part of a secret CIA team operating in the eastern city, argued he had acted in self-defense killing the men after they tried to rob him.

That incident sparked violent protest around the country.

Davis was finally freed after an agreement was reached to compensate the victim's relatives.